Water-cooler.



D. B. HENDERSON.

WATER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED APILZ?. 1915.

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WATER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2Z. 1915.

Patented May 16, 1916.

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Y DAVID BAXTER HENDERSON, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

WATER-COOLER.

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Application filed April 27, A1915. I

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAvrD BAXTER HnN- DERsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water coolers, and more particularly to coolers of the inverted bottle type. i

The objects of the invention are to provide a cooler of this character which shall combine eiiciency with simplicity and cheapness of construction, and which shall be so constructed that all parts may be readily7 cleaned, thus enabling the cooler' to be maintained in a sanitary condition.

In order that my invention may be readily understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through my improved cooler; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottle supporting frame; and, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bottle cap hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved cooler comprises a cabinet or casing A, having heat insulating walls, and provided with a hinged top B, through which the bottle D may be inserted, and with an ice-door C located near the bottom. The walls of this cabinet are preferably formed of an outer casing 1 of wood, lined with sheet asbestos 2. inside of this is a second sheet of asbestos 3, separated from the iirst so as to form a dead-air space 5, and alining 4 of sheet metal.

At the bottom of the cabinet, 1 preferably provide a grating G, on which the ice rests, and a drain cock 7 for drawing off the waste water.

In the lower part of the cabinet is located my improved removable bottle-supporting frame, designated in its entirety by the reference character E, and most clearly shown in Fig. 3. This frame consists of a bottom or base ring 8, of such a diameter as to snugly fit within the cabinet as illustrated in Fig. 2, and a series of upwardly inclined converging ribs 9, secured at their upper ends to a socket member 10. From this Socket member extend upwardly a plurality Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Serial No. 24,254.

of braces or arms 11, supporting at their upper ends an upper or centering ring 12.

Resting in the socket member 10 is a cup 13, preferably containing a block of soft material, such as cork or rubber 14.

Before placing the bottle D in the cabinet, the ordinary cork or stopper is removed and an improved special plug 16 inserted in the mouth 17 of the bottle. r1`his plug may be formed of rubber or other suitable material, and has a tube or nipple 13 extending centrally through the same. This nipple carries a stop cock 19 which is preferably of the turn-,plug type.

On the outer face of the plug 1G is mounted a metal ring or cap 20, which surrounds the projecting end of the nipple 1S, and is provided with an annular rib 21, as clearly shown in Fi g. 4:. A discharge pipe 22, which I prefer to make perfectly straight and horizontal, connects at one end with the cup `13 and is embodied in the soft material 111, and extends at its other end through the wall of the cabinet. This outer end is fitted with a suitable cock or faucet 23.

In operation, a bottle D, filled with water and having been fitted with the special plug 1G, is inverted and lowered into the cabinet through the top door. The ring 12 acts' as a guide to properly center the bottle as it is lowered, and to insure the plug being properly seated upon the cup 13. It will, of course, be understood that the stop cock 1) is closed during the operation of placing the .bottle in position. Vhen the bottle reaches its final position, the plate 20 is immediately above and is supported by the cup 13, a gasket 15 of rubber or similar material being inter-posed between the edge of the cup and the annular rib 21. 1t will be understood that the weight of the bottle causes the annular rib 21 to press against the rubber gasket 15, so as to form a tight seal, while at the same time, the projecting end of the nipple 18 extends down into the cup and projects into a central opening formed in the soft material 14, adjacent the end of the pipe 22. Access may be had to the stop cock 19 through the ice-door C, and when such stop cock is opened, water from the bottle flows freely through the nipple 1S and pipe 22 to the faucet 23.

1t will be understood that the lower part of the cabinet constitutes a refrigerating chamber and that the ice surrounds not only the pipe 22, but also the bottle neck. 1t will also be observed that the pipe 22 may readily be disengaged from the cup 13 and cleaned, and that the cup, as well as the entire frame E may be bodily removed from the cabinet for purposes of cleaning or renewal. By virtue of the fact that the entire bottle is inclosed within a. heat insulating cabinet, I find that a given quantity of ice will last much longer than in prior coolers in which the bottle is wholly outside of the refrigerating chamber.

llVhat I claim is: i

l. An apparatus for cooling and dispensing liquids comprising a heat insulating casing, a removable supporting frame resting upon the bottom of said casing, a discharge pipe having its inner open end connected with said frame and its outer end extending through the wall of said casing, an inverted bottle wholly inclosed within said casing with its mount supported by said `frame above the bottom of the casing and communicating with the inner open end of said pipe.y said casing snugly fitting the body of said bottle, whereby an ice chamber is formed below such body, said casing being provided with a door at its top through which the bottle may be inserted, and having a side door near its bottom through which cracked ice may be fed into said ice chamber so as to surround said pige and the neel; of said bottle.

2. An apparatusl for cooling and dispensported by and' 'forming a watertight connection with said cup.

3. An apparatus for cooling and dispensing liquids comprising a refrigerating chamber, a cup therein, means for supporting the same, a discharge pipe connected with said cup, an inverted bottle having a plug in its mouth, said plug being provided with an annular rib of substantially the same diameter as said cup, and a gasket interposed between said rib and cup, whereby the weight of said bottle resting upon said gasket produces a watertight seal between the bottle and cup. ln testimony whereof l have ailixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID BAXTER HENDERSON.

Witnesses HENRY C. WILLIAMS, P. T. TRINLAND,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, 2D. C. 

